Delamere 3: Further excavations at Yiwarlarlay (Lightning Brothers Site), Northern Territory

As part of the research objectives of the Lightning Brothers Project, a series of excavations was undertaken at Yiwarlarlay, northwest Northern Territory (David et al 1990a; 1990b; 1991) (Map 1). Yiwarlarlay, or the Lightning Brothers Site, is an important Dreaming place for local Wardaman people, and consists of a spectacular sandstone outcrop exhibiting hundreds of paintings and engravings. The primary aims of the excavations were to provide chronological insights into paintings and engravings at the site, especially the large painted images of the Lightning Brothers - Yagjagbula and Jabirringgi - and to make preliminary inferences concerning technology and subsistence behaviours by sampling the numerous artefacts (for example chipped stone implements) and faunal remains (like shells and bones) incorporated within surrounding sediments. ...